What is the 1% Rule in Real Estate? The 1% rule is a real estate investment guideline indicating the minimum monthly rent you must charge your tenant to break even on a rental property. The rule states that your rent ...

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My name is Melanie Stephens and I write the “Biggest Mistakes/Lessons Learned” column for BiggerPockets Wealth Magazine.
I am looking for BP Member stories for an upcoming column on Biggest Mistakes ma...

Hi everyone.  I am new to real estate investing and I have been reading books and following the bigger pockets posts.   I am looking to do my 1st real estate investment.  Currently live in New Jersey so  I will be doi...

BP,I was speaking with a friend of mine who recently began working for a financial group. She mentioned that she had a few clients that had use their overfunded life insurance policy as financing for a deal. Basically...

The gravitational pull of interest rates according to Warren Buffett.  How does this affect housing prices?  must watch video for real estate investors.  click here for video of Buffett discussing interest rates 

Hey guys! This might be an obvious question but I'm 20 years old and im obtaining my real estate liscense in about 2 months. I'll be working with 2 top producers in my area(Southern California)as my mentors and I'm lo...

I just put in a new washer and dryer a few months ago for a 12 unit buidling and things were going great. Tenants were happy with the new machines & I was generating a little more laundry income!Unfortunately, I j...

I posted a thread a few days ago called why do we invest? There were a lot of good replies on that thread with many bigger pockets members listing their goal of 5000, 10,000, 12,000, or $20,000, per month for retireme...

I'm in the process of selling my primary residence FSBO.  We are in a very popular neighborhood, so for now, we won't be going through a listing agent.  We are also real estate investors, and we've been on the buy and...